The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-06-04
MONROE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY. JUNE 4, 1887.
the worlds honor and esteem. He had
risen above them into tho beauty and
glory of pure and noble manhood.

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: risen above them into the beauty and
, glory of pure and noble manhood.
Through shame and sorrow, discour
agement and poverty, he had struggled
up to Il higher and better line, and YET
the good people Of Sharon daily made
him look backward to the life he had
left. And no friendly hand was
stretched forth to help him onward.
sit is really surprising to SEQ the
assurance 'old Joe Hixson's SON. dis.
plays" said Mrs. Col. GiddtnGs, the
weatthiest woman in Sharon, "wtth his
antecedsnts to set himself up here ioi
our physician"
| How many of as can look back
through the ages 10 ancestors in whom
there was no guile. and for whom we
need not blush:
During six months DIR. George had
but two patients; one of them was II
boy who had cut his finger badly, and
the other was child with the cotic.
He had not, however, wasted his
time. He had studied and learned
much.
He was bright, observing young
fellow, and no one in Sharon would
ever have guessed the bright letters
and sketches they read In certain Eas-
tern papers were written by "old Joe
Hixon's son." He had signed "Alsxis"
to alt he had written, and had been
able to meet Ills smal, expenses with
the money he had received for his
work.
But he had not spent four years
studying medicine to finally become q
newspaper reporter.
AT last he mace up his mind to go
out West. Hope had died out In his
heart. The people Of Sharon were de-
termined to ignore him. lie could not
succeed there. But there was that
young mans Mecca-the boundless
West. Perhaps the fates would be
less cruel to him there. He need not
be sold Joe Hixson's son" among
strangers. But there were those pre-
cious promises!
'!They will be fulfilled yet, in tho
Lords own time aud place." he said,
cheerfully. "He probably means that
l shall 60 away from here to something
better than have dared hope for"
So he made ready to 60. The home
of his childhood was dear to him, and
he was fond of familiar faces, even II
they were not always kindly. He had
always felt timid about going among
total strangers. But his poor little
trunk was packed, and he had gone
around saying good-by to tho few
friends who cared to say good by to
him. He intended going on Tuesday.
On Monday afternoon little tow
headed boy met him on the street.
"Say, you, DIR. George" he said, "my
ma wants you to come up to our house
and see If there's anything the matter
Of our Tommy cause If there Is ma
wants to send for DR.. Graves"
The insulting meassage made the
blood fairly tingle in the young doc
tors veins. But the next moment he
laughed.
"Oh! well, it don't matter" he
said; "I'll go. 1t will help me to say
truthfuIIy that I've had some praC- |
tice."
had sung the hateful doggcrcl before
DR.. Georges office.
The young physician examined the
boy carefully; then he said:
"Wett, Tommy, my boy, ii will take
moro than grease on your
heels and tar on your nose to make
you well; you have the smallpox"
~ don't believe II :" said Tommy's !
mother, sharply; al don't believe you
know smallpox from the measles
I'ii send for DIR. Graves right off,"
every well, Madame" said Dr.
George, politely bowling himself out.
But late that evening Toms mother
came crying 10 DIR. George.
CDR. Graves wouldn't come" she
said: "hc was going to, but when he
heard that II looked like smallpox
with Tommy he said he wasn't well,
aud just sent some medicine that amt
done him bit Of good. II you would
come up, sir ~
1t was the first time he had been ad-
dressed as, "sir" for many day.
'.Of course ] will CO." he said.
That was the beginning of DIR.
Georges practice in Sharon. Within
ton days there were fourteen cases OF
smallpox. The annals OF the little
town cont ain "a record of how 1t was
by that fearful disease. Be-
fore the end came there were one or
more cases in nearly every house. The
means taken to prevent the spread Of
he disease had proved Intellectual. AT
last the town was quarantined.
When DR.. Graves was sept for a
second time 1t was discovered that no
had suddenly been called away "on
business" lie stayed away all winter. !
Dr. George went back TO his empty
pNicc oftcr Qppipv 'rornrny a apconI